Joe Marshall is moving his theatre company (The Alternative Theatre Company) from Phoenix to Tucson - In this article, he credits Brokeback Mountain with making the transition more painless than it might have been."Despite audience acceptance, in the early 1990s, Marshall did find it slightly difficult to start a GLBT-themed theater company in Phoenix, but not for the reasons you might expect. Marshall was having trouble renting theaters.
"We couldn't even find a venue that would let us come in until we took 'gay' off our literature," he says. "If I were running a Jewish theater company, would they ask me to take 'Jewish' off my literature?" Reason eventually prevailed. "Today, I can go anywhere," Marshall says. "Thank god for Brokeback Mountain."
The full text of the article is here...
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Arts/Content?oid=oid:87810
Thanks,
Lynne
